conclusions based on the results of the current study, it was concluded that aloe vera, licorice and mint extracts had synergistic effects on the viability of dermal fibroblasts; in addition, the combination of aloe vera and licorice with either henna or myrtle, and aloe vera and mint with either cedar or ginger resulted in synergistic effects on viability of dermal fibroblasts. the third categ...

Background. Infantile colic is a distressing and common condition for which there is no proven standard treatment. Objective. To compare the efficacy of Mentha piperita with simethicone in treatment for infantile colic. Methods. A double-blind crossover study was performed with 30 infants attending IMIP, Recife, Brazil. They were randomized to use Mentha piperita or simethicone in the treatment...

In this talk, we consider linear error–correcting codes that are constructed from orbits of a projectivity group of PG(k, Fq). In this way, we obtain linear codes with better parameters with respect to the previously known ones, and improve several entries in MinT’s tables (http://mint.sbg.ac.at/) and Markus Grassl’s Tables (www.codetables.de). Among these new codes, we found of particular inte...

where xi,yi,zi represent the projective coordinates of a point p in the image space and Xw,Yw,Zw,1 represent the projective coordinates of a point P in world coordinates. The actual pixel location of the projected point p denoted (x,y) is ( xi zi , yi zi ). In (1), Mint and Mext are the projection matrices containing the parameters of the projection for the current camera system. Mint is termed...

In many applications, there are multiple time series that are hierarchically organised and can be aggregated at several different levels in groups based on products, geography or some other features. A common constraint is that forecasts of the disaggregated series need to add up to the forecasts of the aggregated series. This is known as "coherence". We develop a new reconciliation forecasting...

The Multimedia Internet Terminal (MINT)1 is a flexible multimedia tool set that allows the establishment and control of multimedia sessions across the Internet. The system architecture is fully distributed, with no central components. For each participant, a coordinating application manages a set of loosely coupled media and control agents. Using the coordinating application, session members ca...